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Samsung Shows Off Newest Phones and Laptops at Interactive Pop-Up in Downtown SF
At its first in-person product launch in three years, Samsung unveiled its newest top-of-the-line smartphone and its first “Ultra” Windows laptop both on display throughout February at a pop-up in downtown San Francisco.
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Is Instagram Trying to Be TikTok? Creators Push Back on App Changes
“A lot of people are saying we don’t need two TikToks, we like what Instagram was for originally.” Instagram’s changes to its design — which include greater focus on video content and recommended posts — are getting backlash from users. NBC News tech and culture reporter Kat Tenbarge joins LX News to discuss the changes.
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What is the Right Age to Give Kids a Smartphone?
AT&T and the American Academy of Pediatrics have launched a new tool to help parents considering purchasing their child’s first smartphone. Dr. Jenny Radesky joins LX News Now to help us understand the topic.
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How to Protect Your Children in an Online Era
Limiting the amount of time we spend glued to our electronic devices can be hard, especially when they’re used for school, fun, and everything in between. Now, the same companies that create these addictive devices are offering new ways to limit screen time.
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How Personal Data Could Be Used Against People Seeking Abortions
The leaked draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade is sparking conversations about data privacy. If the opinion is released and abortion is criminalized in some states, some reproductive rights groups fear that text messages, search histories, ad tracking data and app usage history could put people who seek an abortion at risk.
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VA Wasted $1.8 Million on Thousands of Smartphones That Went Unused, Audit Finds
An inspector general’s report has found that most of the 10,000 smartphones purchased for a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs program during the pandemic went unused.
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Decluttering Your Phone Will Free up Storage Space
We’ve all been there: You’re about to snap a great photo, but you can’t because an alert pops up saying the storage on your phone is full. Luckily, Consumer Reports has some tips to help you quickly declutter your phone and get back in business.
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Giving You the Right to Repair Your Smartphone
When your phone breaks, it might be trickier to repair it than you first expect.
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Huawei Posts First-Ever Yearly Revenue Decline as U.S. Sanctions Continue to Bite, But Profit Surges
Huawei’s business has been hurt by U.S. sanctions, which have sought to cut it off from key software and components like semiconductors.